Guard for gasoline lamps



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Oct. 16 1923.

V. A. NEVINSET Al GUARD FOR GASOLINE LAMPS Filed Sept. '8, 1921 ZyzZ awa PatentedUct. 16, 1923.

name stares rarest oFfFlc j VERNA A. NEVINS an]: VERGIL o. Nevins, or HOOKER, onnnnom.

. ocean m. GASOLINE .LAIITPS;

Application filed- SeptemberS, 1921. Serial no. 499,201.

The object of the mventlon is to'provide an eflicient guard for the mantle for'use in connection with gasoline or similar lamps as a means of protectlng the same and v adapted for use eltherin connection with or 7 independently of a shade, to protect the 37 mantle against drafts or sudden changes of temperature and contact with adjacent ob- 'jects; and with this object in view the inven tion consists in a construction and combination of parts of whicha preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying draw ings, wherein: j

igure; lis a side View partly in section of a lamp having a guard embodying the invention. e I

Figure 2 is an inverted plan view of the guard.

' Figure 3 is a planview of thesame.

The guard embodying-the invention consists of'wire cloth or gauze or like pref' 'erably metallic reticulated material which in the construction illustrated is" of conical form, being reduced injdiameter towardits upper end and is provided with a bottom closure or lid 11 hinged as at 12 to the wall of the guard and provided at, a diametrically opposite point with a catch or fastener 13 by which it maybe secured in its closed position. This guard is provided at the center of its upper end with an opening 14. for the reception of the stem-l5 which projects upwardly from the fuel tube 16 and is held in place thereon by collars'or nuts 17 ,'so as to enclose said stem and the fuel tube 16 together with the mantle 18' which depends from the burnerportion '19 01": the fuel tube.

end toembrace the fuel tube.

JHaving claimed as newand usefulis: y I The combination with a gasoline lamp l having. actuel tube provided withadownwardly'directed burnerorifice and an adj a i serves as a vaporizingretort by reason-of 'beingexposed to the radiant heat of the flame in the mantle and is in communication with the supply tube 20 forming the stand-. I

ard of the lamp and rising from the base 21 which constitutes the reservoir or tank ingthe usual filler tube 22. e I

In order to permit ofthe opening ofthe guardto light the gasatthe mantle'the lid or coverv is diametrically slotted as shown at 23 with an enlargement-2a at its inner Moreover as illustrated 'n a shade 25 may be employedin connection with thellamp to cover the guard butmay,

be omitted without detractingfrom the efiithe. d m-fi I or,

Thenfueltube as in the ordinary practice havciency of the guard, said shade as in the ordinary practice] being, attached to the hanger rod 26 by which-the lamp when desired may be suspendeddt'rom an overhead support. I

described the invention, what is cent mantle, and, havingan' upwardly extended stem terminatingin a hanger'and 75.

provided with means for supporting a shade, ofa mantle guard of wire screen provided at its upper end with an opening for the -reenclosing relation with said mantle and the adjacent portion of the fuel tube, said guard:

' VERNA A. NEvINs I j ception of the said stemanddepending in VERGIL 0; N V N -t 

